Dictionary entry

ταλαιπωρία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ταλαιπωρία, -ας, ἡ

(< ταλαίπωρος) [in LXX chiefly for שֹׁד;]

1. hard work (Hippocr.).

2. hardship, suffering, distress: Ro 3:16^(LXX) pl., Ja 5:1 (v. B1., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153).

(Hdt., Thuc., al.; and cf. MM, xxiv.)†